Diagnosing and Treating UTIs: DNA PCR vs. Urine Culture
This study is comparing two ways to diagnose urinary tract infections (UTIs): DNA PCR (a gene analysis test) and standard urine culture. Researchers want to see which method better helps improve your UTI symptoms. You may be able to join if you are an adult (18 or older) experiencing UTI symptoms and have Medicare or Medicaid insurance. You cannot join if you've had a recent UTI or antibiotic treatment. The study will measure how much your symptoms change using two questionnaires, completed at the start and again one day after you finish any prescribed antibiotics. The study status is unclear, and it plans to enroll 136 participants.
- Study design
- This interventional study will randomly assign 136 adult participants to either the DNA PCR or urine culture group. The study phase is not specified.
- What's involved
- You will complete two questionnaires at the start of the study. If you receive antibiotics for a UTI, you will complete the questionnaires again one day after finishing them. Your participation will last a maximum of 21 days.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- You will be followed up one day after completing antibiotic treatment to assess symptom changes.
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection Using DNA Polymerase Chain Reaction Versus Urine Culture
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- David Sheyn, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University Hospitals
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What this trial measures
- Change in symptoms as measured by UTI-SIQ-8 questionnaireBaseline, one day after antibiotic completion
The UTI-SIQ-8 is an eight item questionnaire that asks about symptom severity and symptom impairment on a likert scale from 0 to 4, 0 being not at all and 4 being very strong/very severe.
- Change in symptoms as measured by the UTI Symptom Assessment questionnaireBaseline, one day after antibiotic completion
The UTI Symptom Assessment questionnaire is a ten item questionnaire that asks about symptom relief, with lower scores indicating less symptoms.